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Sometimes i feel i do not get as much value out of my strong hands, but on the other hand i may gamble too much with the nuts on a strong heavy board. 

Pretty early on in this tourney so no real reads except from some obviously very bad players.

So how would you tend to play these hands,

PokerStars Game #20583070422: Tournament #107931387, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/09/21 14:24:07 ET
Table '107931387 11' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: josepebhoy (2980 in chips)
Seat 2: helstonrfc (2880 in chips)
Seat 3: TheChAAoS (4510 in chips)
Seat 4: smash77777 (3160 in chips)
Seat 5: CH12O4N2P (6150 in chips)
Seat 6: Mark018 (2960 in chips)
Seat 7: DDMARKDD (2950 in chips)
Seat 8: negolo25 (1770 in chips)
Seat 9: nickdedick (2640 in chips)
nickdedick: posts small blind 10
josepebhoy: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to josepebhoy [7c 4s]
helstonrfc: folds
TheChAAoS: folds
smash77777: folds
CH12O4N2P: folds
Mark018: folds
DDMARKDD: folds
negolo25: calls 20
nickdedick: calls 10
josepebhoy: checks
*** FLOP *** [5c 8s 6d]
nickdedick: checks
josepebhoy: bets 60
negolo25: calls 60
nickdedick: raises 340 to 400
josepebhoy: calls 340
negolo25: folds
*** TURN *** [5c 8s 6d] [Th]
nickdedick: bets 480
josepebhoy: raises 520 to 1000
Mark018 re-buys and receives 3000 chips for $20.00
nickdedick: calls 520
*** RIVER *** [5c 8s 6d Th] [4c]
nickdedick: bets 1220 and is all-in
josepebhoy: calls 1220
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nickdedick: shows [6h 7h] (a straight, Four to Eight)
josepebhoy: shows [7c 4s] (a straight, Four to Eight)
nickdedick collected 2680 from pot
josepebhoy collected 2680 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5360 | Rake 0
Board [5c 8s 6d Th 4c]
Seat 1: josepebhoy (big blind) showed [7c 4s] and won (2680) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 2: helstonrfc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: TheChAAoS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: smash77777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: CH12O4N2P folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Mark018 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DDMARKDD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: negolo25 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: nickdedick (small blind) showed [6h 7h] and won (2680) with a straight, Four to Eight

PokerStars Game #20583248449: Tournament #107931387, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/09/21 14:30:58 ET
Table '107931387 11' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: josepebhoy (3000 in chips)
Seat 2: helstonrfc (2850 in chips)
Seat 3: TheChAAoS (4470 in chips)
Seat 4: smash77777 (3160 in chips)
Seat 5: CH12O4N2P (6150 in chips)
Seat 6: Mark018 (5960 in chips)
Seat 7: DDMARKDD (3770 in chips)
Seat 8: negolo25 (1685 in chips)
Seat 9: nickdedick (1955 in chips)
TheChAAoS: posts small blind 15
smash77777: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to josepebhoy [Tc Jc]
CH12O4N2P: folds
Mark018: folds
DDMARKDD: folds
negolo25: calls 30
nickdedick: folds
josepebhoy: calls 30
helstonrfc: folds
TheChAAoS: calls 15
smash77777: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qd As Kd]
TheChAAoS: bets 90
smash77777: folds
negolo25: raises 150 to 240
josepebhoy: raises 2730 to 2970 and is all-in
TheChAAoS: folds
negolo25: folds
Uncalled bet (2730) returned to josepebhoy
josepebhoy collected 690 from pot
josepebhoy: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 690 | Rake 0
Board [Qd As Kd]
Seat 1: josepebhoy collected (690)
Seat 2: helstonrfc (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: TheChAAoS (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: smash77777 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: CH12O4N2P folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Mark018 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DDMARKDD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: negolo25 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: nickdedick folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Love how you played the first hand. Sick river though :(

Hate how you played 2nd hand though tbh. 3 betting over a raiser looks so strong. They'd have to have 2 pair to look you up so you aren't letting the weak hands put enough money in this pot. Flat call the re-raise and hope a diamond doesn't fall on the turn...